Tridrepana olivacea

{{short description|Species of hook-tip moth}}

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| taxon = Tridrepana olivacea

| authority = (Warren, 1922)

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  • Iridrepana olivacea Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana fulvata ab. olivacea
  • Iridrepana semirufa Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana semirufata
  • Iridrepana semirufa elegans Warren, 1922
  • Iridrepana semirufa ab. diluta Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana tristigma Warren, 1922

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Tridrepana olivacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1922.{{cite web |editor-last=Beccaloni |editor-first=George |display-editors=etal |date=February 2005 |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/search/ |title=Scientific name search |website=The Global Lepidoptera Names Index |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}} It is found in New Guinea, extending to Goodenough Island and the Bismarck Archipelago.[http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Drepanidae/Drepaninae/Tridrepana/Tridrepana%20olivacea.htm The Hooktips (Drepanidae, Drepaninae) of Papua Indonesia]{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/8213920|title=Heterocera Papua and West-Papua (Indonesian New Guinea) W.A.S. World Archives of Sciences Auto-Completed Monograph|last1=Avon|first1=Christophe}}

The wingspan is about 34–41 mm for males and about 44.5 mm for females.{{cite journal |last=Watson |first=Allan |date=1957 |url=http://direct.biostor.org/reference/59426 |title=A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) |journal=Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=407–500 |via=BioStor}}

Subspecies

  • Tridrepana olivacea olivacea
  • Tridrepana olivacea crocata Watson, 1957 (Rook Island and New Britain)

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Category:Moths described in 1922

Category:Drepaninae

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